Twenty‎-four‎-year‎-old Veronika seems to have everything‎-‎-youth and beauty‎,‎ boyfriends and a loving family‎,‎ a fulfilling job‎.‎ But something is missing in her life‎.‎ So‎,‎ one cold November morning‎,‎ she takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting never to wake up‎.‎ But she does‎-‎-at a mental hospital where she is told that she has only days to live‎.‎ Inspired by events in Coelho‎'‎s own life‎,‎ Veronika Decides to Die questions the meaning of madness and celebrates individuals who do not fit into patterns society considers to be normal‎.‎ Bold and illuminating‎,‎ it is a dazzling portrait of a young woman at the crossroads of despair and liberation‎,‎ and a poetic‎,‎ exuberant appreciation of each day as a renewed opportunity‎.‎